frasermc
21 Jul 2009, 08:37 PM
The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom or Ireland.
Here's a list of the previous winners -
1992: Primal Scream - Screamadelica
1993: Suede - Suede
1994: M People - Elegant Slumming
1995: Portishead - Dummy
1996: Pulp - Different Class
1997: Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms
1998: Gomez - Bring it On
1999: Talvin Singh - Ok
2000: Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast
2001: PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
2002: Ms Dynamite - A Little Deeper
2003: Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
2004: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
2005: Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
2006: Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2007: Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
2008: Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
2009: ???
Here is this years shortlist -
* Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
* Florence and the Machine – Lungs
* Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires
* Glasvegas – Glasvegas
* Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
* La Roux – La Roux
* Led Bib – Sensible Shoes
* Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
* Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy
* Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Twice Born Men
* The Horrors – Primary Colours
* The Invisible – The Invisible
Who would you choose?
I haven't heard all of these and I'd like to root for Glasvegas for obvious reasons, and because it's a damn fine CD as well but I'm really enjoying listening to Florence and the Machines atm. She's got a tremendous voice on her which was highlighted with her recent acoustic set at T in the Park.
The winner will be announced on the 8th September.
Here's a list of the previous winners -
1992: Primal Scream - Screamadelica
1993: Suede - Suede
1994: M People - Elegant Slumming
1995: Portishead - Dummy
1996: Pulp - Different Class
1997: Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms
1998: Gomez - Bring it On
1999: Talvin Singh - Ok
2000: Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast
2001: PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
2002: Ms Dynamite - A Little Deeper
2003: Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
2004: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
2005: Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
2006: Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2007: Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
2008: Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
2009: ???
Here is this years shortlist -
* Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
* Florence and the Machine – Lungs
* Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires
* Glasvegas – Glasvegas
* Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
* La Roux – La Roux
* Led Bib – Sensible Shoes
* Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
* Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy
* Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Twice Born Men
* The Horrors – Primary Colours
* The Invisible – The Invisible
Who would you choose?
I haven't heard all of these and I'd like to root for Glasvegas for obvious reasons, and because it's a damn fine CD as well but I'm really enjoying listening to Florence and the Machines atm. She's got a tremendous voice on her which was highlighted with her recent acoustic set at T in the Park.
The winner will be announced on the 8th September.